The decline of American power : the U.S. in a chaotic world
by
Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, 1930-
Title
:
The decline of American power : the U.S. in a chaotic world
Author
:
Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, 1930-
ISBN
:
9781565847996
9781565848313
Personal Author
:
Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, 1930-
Publication Information
:
New York., NY : New Press, c2003.
Physical Description
:
ix., 324p. : 19cm.
General Note
:
Includes Index
Contents
:
Introduction: The American Dream Between Yesterday and Tomorrow -- Pt. I. The Thesis -- 1. Decline of the United States: The Eagle Has Crash Landed -- Pt. II. Multiple Rhetorics and Realities -- 2. The Twentieth Century: Darkness at Noon? -- 3. Globalization: A Long-Term Trajectory of the World-System -- 4. Racism: Our Albatross -- 5. Islam: Islam, the West, and the World -- 6. The Others: Who Are We? Who Are the Others? -- 7. Democracy: Rhetoric or Reality? -- 8. Intellectuals: Value-Neutrality in Question -- 9. America and the World: The Twin Towers as Metaphor -- Pt. III. Where Are We Heading? -- 10. The Left, I: Theory and Praxis Once Again -- 11. The Left, II: An Age of Transition -- 12. The Movements: What Does It Mean to Be an Antisystemic Movement Today? -- 13. Geopolitical Cleavages of the Twenty-First Century: What Future for The World? -- Afterword 1: The Righteous War -- Afterword 2: "Shock and Awe?"
Subject Term
:
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Political culture -- United States.
Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States.
Right and left (Political science)
Social movements.
World politics -- 21st century -- Forecasting.
Geographic Term
:
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015737162 | 327.73 W198D 2003 | 1 |